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gagiibaadaanagidoone vai es
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[N]

s/he talks crazy, talks nonsense



nigagiibaadaanagidoone 1s ind; gagiibaadaanagidoone 3s ind; gagiibaadaanagidooned 3s conj; gegiibaadaanagidooned 3s ch-conj; Stem: /gagiibaadaanagidoone-/

nigagiibaadaanagidoone1s ind es
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gagiibaadaanagidoone3s ind es
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gagiibaadaanagidooned3s conj es
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gegiibaadaanagidooned3s ch-conj es
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Gii-kagiibaadaanagidoone awe aana-gii-kaagiigidod giigidoowinini.

That representative who spoke didn't make sense.
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gagiibaadaanagidoone /gagiibaadaanagidoone-/: /gagiibaad-/
foolish
; /-aanagidoone/
talk

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